Japan and back again. Hello. Thanks for being with us on bbc world news. Three palestinians killed, four injured in an irali raid on central gaza. Its the latest incident recorded of strikes on gaza over the last few days. Palestinian medical Officials Say the total killed since hostilities broke out stands at 78. Most of them are civilians. The Egyptian Government ordered the opening of the strip. That is for palestinians to be treated there. Israel says in 24 hours, more than 100 rockets have been launched onto itself land from the gaza strike. One strike killed nine people as they watched the world cup in a beach cafe. With me now is bbc arabic editor on what is clearly a messy affair on both sides of the fence. Lets be honest. Whats the impression youre getting as to where this is leading . Its not clear what israeliss are planning for coming days or next hours. The latest weve got through our correspondent there is that israelis warn some people in the northern part of gaza to eva
Trip to the border before heading back to washington where his plan to address the border crisis is far from a sure thing. For president barack obama and Texas Governor rick perry, the showdown was more of a sitdown. Different ends of a roundtable discussion in dallas on the crisis at the border. Just had a good meeting with governor perry. Reporter president later told reporters his beef is not with perry, its with congress, who has a 4 billion request to deal with the emergency. Are our folks more interested in solving of problem or more interested in politics . If they are interested in solving the problem, then this can be solved. Reporter perry was Less Charitable releasing a statement calling for the National Guard and more drones on the border, adding the crisis has been created by bad Public Policy, in particular the failure to secure the border. Back in washington, critics from both parties slammed the president s decision to attend fundraisers in texas. Hes visiting democrati
Hello, im dana bash in for wolf blitzer whos on his way to the middle east where hell be reporting live on the situation room at 5 00 eastern. Now, here in the u. S. , the political battle heats up, and the children just keep coming. Heres the latest on the surge of unaccompanied minors crossing the border into the u. S. President obamas request for 3. 7 billion to deal with the crisis goes before the Senate Appropriations committee in the next hour. Also, two members of congress say theyll introduce a new bill as soon as today. It would make it easier to send the children back to Central American countries. Those that dont directly border the u. S. Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar and republican senator john cornyn are behind the legislation. And president obama and Texas Governor rick perry met to discuss the crisis, but they emerged with very different views. Perry says Border Security should be the number one priority. We need to secure the border. You need to put these Nationa
Hour. Well carry it live. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, youre in the situation room. Tonight, donald trump is wrapping up whats arguably been the worst week of his president ial campaign and its not clear if next week will be any better as he heads into tuesdays wisconsin primary trailing ted cruz by ten points in a new poll. Trumps opponents are ratcheting up their claims that hes unprepared to be commander in chief, citing his controversial remarks on abortion, his provocative Foreign Policy views, his verbal attacks and more. A day after trump met with Republican National committee leaders, there are serious doubts about his promise to try to unify the party, as the likelihood of a contested convention looms. Ill ask the rnc chief strategist and Communications Director sean spicer, hes standing by live. Well discuss with him. And our correspondents, analysts, theyre also standing by as we cover the days top stories. Up fir
As the backlash involving his pizza empire escalates. Message to moms. Less than a year after giving birth, Serena Williams back in the finals after wimbledon. What she said after her match today. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this saturday. Im tom llamas. And we begin tonight with the sprint to the highstakes summit between President Trump and russian leader vladimir putin. The president golfing today at his seaside scottish resort turnberry. The final stop of a fourday tour of the uk. Hes dismissing calls to cancel on putin. After special counsel Robert Muellers Team Announced the indictment of 12 russian intel officers for hacking the dnc. The president insisting on twitter, the meeting will go on, and instead, attacked president obama for doing nothing to stop the russians. It is a critical showdown with the world watching. And the central question tonight, how far will trump push putin for answers . Abcs tara palmeri leads our coverage tonight in helsinki. Reporter in